Elementary Forms of the Religious Life Newly Translated by Karen E. Fields

Name: Elementary Forms of the Religious Life Newly Translated by Karen E. Fields
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ISBN: 9780029079379

ISBN-10: 0029079373

ISBN-13: 9780029079379

Edition: 1995

Authors: Emile. Durkheim, Karen E. Fields

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In this work, Durkheim examines a wide range of religious topics that are of great interest and importance. They include forms of animism, naturism, and totemism and such fundamental concepts as the soul, spirits, and gods.

Book details

List price: $27.99
Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: Free Press
Publication date: 6/1/1995
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 464
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.20" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English

Emile Durkheim (1858-1917) was a French sociologist who formally established the academic discipline and, with Karl Marx and Max Weber, is commonly cited as the principal architect of modern social science.



Introduction


Note on the Text


Select Bibliography


A Chronology of Emile Durkheim


Map


The Elementary Forms of Religious Life


Introduction



A Definition of the Religious Phenomenon and of Religion



The Leading Conceptions of Elementary Religion: I. Animism



The Leading Conceptions of Elementary Religion: II. Naturism



Totemism as Elementary Religion: Historical Review of the Question, Method of Treating It



Central Totemic Beliefs: I. The Totem as Name and Emblem



Central Totemic Beliefs: II. The Totemic Animal and Man



Central Totemic Beliefs: III. The Cosmological System of Totemism and the Notion of Genus



Central Totemic Beliefs: IV. The Individual Totem and the Sexual Totem



The Origins of These Beliefs: I. A Critical Examination of the Theories



The Origins of These Beliefs: II. The Notion of the Totemic Principle or Mana, and the Idea of Force



The Origins of These Beliefs: III. The Genesis of the Notion of the Totemic Principle or Mana



The Notion of Soul



The Notion of Spirits and Gods



The Negative Cult and its Functions: Ascetic Rites



The Positive Cult: I. The Element of Sacrifice



The Positive Cult: II. Mimetic Rites and the Principle of Causality



The Positive Cult: III. Representative of Commemorative Rites



Piacular Rites and the Ambiguity of the Notion of the Sacred


Conclusion



Select List of Anthropologists and Ethnologists who Informed Durkheim's Work


Explanatory Notes


Index